Xcode letters beside files in Project Navigator

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What are the significance of the letters beside the files in the Project Navigator? (e.g M,A)

score 85 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 19 '12 at 00:45

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Those letters beside files in the Project Navigator of Xcode show the status of files that are under version control systems, such as SVN or Git. So, for instance:

M - means the file has changed and it should be merged into SCM
A - means this is a new file and should be added to SCM
U - means this is a newer version of a file on SCM and you need to update it
? - means the file has not been added to source control
etc...

P.S. You can find list of statuses (at least for SVN) here

edited Dec 19 '12 at 00:45

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answered Sep 01 '11 at 07:51

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@jsetting32 D means the item has been locally Deleted. Refer https://stackoverflow.com/a/45901431/5866353 and http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.2/svn.ref.svn.c.status.html – Sharath Kumar Mar 05 '18 at 05:08
Discover more options here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8863683/what-do-the-m-and-a-icons-in-the-project-navigator-of-xcode-4-mean-when-i-cr/#answer-38842852 – AsimRazaKhan Jul 26 '18 at 13:37

Geo · Answer 2 · 2019-10-22T08:43:35.740

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A - Added (This is a new file that has been added to the repository)

C - Conflict (There is a conflict in the file)

D - Deleted (a file has been deleted)

M - Modified (An existing file has been changed)

R - Renamed (The file has been renamed)

U - Untracked (The file is new or has been changed but has not been added to the repository yet)

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answered Oct 21 '19 at 08:39

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@Georgia-- What about the symbol "-" ? – rattletrap99 Feb 17 '20 at 05:29
@rattletrap99 a dash is for a directory/group that contains more letters when it is expanded – Mercutio Mar 10 '20 at 19:55

Leander · Answer 3 · 2013-02-05T08:22:29.513

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Well, my project is not part of source control, yet the same icons are there. So there must be more to it.

UPDATE: Bacalso Vincent is correct, I did enable GIT on creating the project. I had completely forgotten about that though.

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answered Jan 31 '13 at 09:29

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maybe you checked enabled git, during creation of your project – Vincent Bacalso Jan 31 '13 at 10:02

Xcode letters beside files in Project Navigator

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